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SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent a. 677,632, dated duly 2,1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORATIO J. BREWER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Tables, of which the followingisa specification, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art to whichthe invention appertains to make and use the same.

My improvements relate to what are known as extension-tables, in whichthe top is formed in two parts connected by means of extension barssliding telescopically upon each other, the intervening space betweenthe two parts being occupied by supplementary top boards when the tableis extended.

The object of the invention is to afford an extension table which may bereadily converted into eitheraround-top, square-top, or

elongated-top table; and the invention consists in the specialcombination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimedspecifically.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan of my improved tableconverted into a round top; Fig. 2, a side elevation of Fig. 1, with thelegs broken away. Fig. 3 is a plan of the table arranged with curvedends. Fig. 4. is an elevation of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a section upon planeof line 5 5, Fig. 3, upon an enlarged scale. Fig. dis a plan of thetableframe, the top having been removed. Fig. 7 is a plan of the top ofthe table partially extended. Fig. 8 is a view of the under side of thetable, the'legs and means of attachment to the frame being omitted; Fig.9, a view similar to Fig. 5, showing the leaf extended and the boltretracted; Fig. 10, an elevation of a corner of the frame, upon anenlarged scale, showing the adjoining bolt-sockets on different planes.

The top of the table consists of the rectangular panels A A,(supplemented when the table is extended by the usual extra top boards,)to which are hinged the leaves cola and a a? a a each formed with anouter edge, which is convexly curved. The panels AA are secured,respectively, to the sections of the frame B B, which are united bymeans of the usual extension-bars O C, the details in the constructionof which are omitted in the drawings.

Application filed March 18, 190 1. Serial No. 51,576. (No model.)

The frame B B is formed with the concave external sides I) b b b theradius of the curves being preferably slightly greater than that of theconvex curve of the outer edges of the leaves, so that the latter may beswung back upon the hinges h it until they rest against the under sideof the table-top, in which position they may be secured by bolts 01 d,supported in mortises b in the frame. The adjoining mortises and boltsare, so formed and situated with relation to each other. that the bodiesof the bolts occupy different horizontal planes to enable them to actindependently of each other, as will be understood by reference to Figs.9 and 10. Studsd on the bolts limit their outward movement by contactwith the innerside of the frame.

The leaves are supported in their extended positions by means ofbrackets e, pivotally connected to the frame, or by any well-knownmechanical expedient. l/Vhen the brackets e are used, stops c arepreferably arranged upon the under side of the leaves to limit theoutward throw of the brackets, and the ends of the latter are preferablyformed with pads e to protect the upper-surfaces of the leaves. It islikewise obvious that the function of the bolts (1 may be performed byother well-known mechanical expedients, and I do not therearrangement ofparts shown for supporting the leaves, the essential features being theformation of the frame to accommodate the leaves against the under sideof the panels A A and the subdivision of the side leaves into sections aa to admit of the extension of the table when desired.

By supporting the leaves against the under side of the table-top whenthey are not re quired for use I render the under side of the table freeand accessible, so that the lower limbs of a person seated at the tablewill suffer no inconvenience, and by making the side leaves each in twosections 1 render the halves of the table practically independent ofeach other, so that it may be quickly and conveniently extended orcontracted.

A distinguishing feature of my invention consists in providing the fixedtop panels A A with the half-segment side leaves a? a and a a as well aswith the segmental end leaves 'fore limit myself to the particular formand a and ct,-respectively, the halfsegmental side leaves enabling me toextend or contract the table withoutinconvenience or delay. Indesignating the leaves as side and end leaves I refer to the line ofextension of the table, in which relation the segmental leaves a a wouldconstitute the end leaves. Theconcaveframe' performs a double functionin that itaccominodates the leaves when folded underneath the top panelswhile extending the support of the top panels well toward theircorners,tl1ere by materially adding to the strength and sta bility ofthe table as a whole as compared with a square frame used in likemanner'in an extension-table of this character. In other words, if asquare frame equal to the greatest width of my concave frame were usedthe top of the table would have to be extended considerably on all sidesin order to afford aeco'in moda'tion' for the leavesagainst the underside thereofa construction which it is the special object of myinvention to avoid.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,isg 1. In an extension-table of the kind desighated, the combination ofthe two fixed top panels and concave supporting=frames connected byextension-bars sliding telescopicall yon each other, leaves formed withconvex outer edges and hinged to the said fixed top panels, means forsupporting the leaves in an extended position, and means for holdingsaid leaves against the under sides of said fixed panels, substantiallyin the manner and for the purpose described.

2. In an extension-table of the kind designated, the combination of thetwo fixed panels and concave supporting-frames connected byextension-bars, two segmental end leaves, a

one attached to the outer broad edge of each f of said fixed top panels,and half-segmental leaves attached to the narrow edges of each of saidtop panels, together with means for supporting each of said leaves in anextended I position, and means for holding each of said i leaves againstthe under side of the said fixed top panels, substantially in the mannerand for the purpose set forth.

3. In an extension-table of the kind designated the combination of thefixed top panels A, A,.and supporting-frames B B, formed with concaveexternal surfaces 19, b, b b the extension-bars O, 0, connecting saidframes and fixed top panels, the segmental end leaves a, and a, hingedrespectively to the fixed panels A, A, the half-segmental leaves a ahinged tothe fixed top panel A,

the half-segmental leaves a a hinged to the other fixed top panel A,brackets attached to 'the framework for holding the leaves extended, andbolts supported upon the framework for holding the leaves against theunder sides of the said fixedtop panels, sub- "stantially as set forth.

4. In an extension-table of the kind designated the combination of thefixed top panels A, A, and supporting-frames B, B, formed with theconcave external surfaces 1), b, 6 b

the extension-bars O, C, the segmental end leaves a, and a, hingedrespectively to the fixed panels A, A, the half-segmental leaves a ahinged to the fixed top panel A, the

half-segmental leaves of, a hinged to the other fixed top panel A, theextension-brackets c, e, pivotally supported on the framework, stops e,e, on the under sides of the leaves for regulating the position of saidsupporting-brackets when extended, and bolts (56, 01, supported on theframework and adapted to hold the leaves up against the under side ofthe said fixed top panels A, A, for the purpose and substantially in themanner set forth,

5. In a table, the combination of the frame formed in two sections B, B,united by extension-bars G, G, and formed with concave external sidesI), 1), b b and mortises b the bolts (Z, in said mortises, the swingingbrackets e, pivotally secured to the frame sections, the fixed toppanels A, A, secured to the frame-sections,and the leaves a,a,a ,a

f hinged to the fixed top panels and formed with convexly-curved outeredges, the whole arranged and operating substantially in the manner andfor the purpose set forth.

HORATIO J. BREWER.

Witnesses:

D. W. GARDNER, JAMES A. WILSON.

